# 真珠
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēnzhū
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zan$^1$ zyu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-ciŏ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-chu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsen-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhū
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhu
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^1$-chu$^1$
*** Yale: jēn-jū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenju
*** Palladius: чжэньчжу (čžɛnʹčžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zan$^1$ zyu$^1$
*** Yale: jān jyū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzan$^1$ dzy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zen$^1$ ju$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-ciŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siŋ⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒuo⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsin-tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cinzw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ t͡su³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsen-tsy
*** MiniDict: tsen$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsen-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
* Middle Chinese: tsyin tsyu
Rime :
| Character | 真 | 珠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 側鄰切 | 章俱切 |
| Baxter | tsyin | tsyu |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪn/ | /t͡ɕɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕin/ | /t͡ɕio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjen/ | /t͡ɕio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cin/ | /cuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiĕn/ | /t͡ɕio/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭĕn/ | /t͡ɕĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ĕn/ | /t͡ɕi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhēn | zhū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zan$^1$ | zyu$^1$ |

### Noun

真珠
* Alternative form of 珍珠 (zhēnzhū, “pearl”)
    From: 4th century, 王嘉 (Wang Jia), 拾遺記
    Dì dé cǐ niǎo, xù yú língqín zhī yuán, sì yǐ zhēnzhū, yìn yǐ guīnǎo. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE
    Zhēnzhū rù juéyīn gānjīng, gù néng ān hún dìng pò, míngmù zhì lóng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary) pearl-beaded curtain

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 真 | 珠 |
| しん Grade: 3 | しゅ > じゅ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 眞珠 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しんじゅ [shìńjú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨ]

### Noun

真(しん)珠(じゅ) • (shinju)
* pearl

#### Synonyms

* パール (pāru)

#### Derived terms

* 真珠色(しんじゅいろ) (shinjuiro, “pearly”)
* 真珠貝(しんじゅがい) (shinjugai, “pearl oyster”)
* 真珠岩(しんじゅがん) (shinjugan, “perlite”)
* 真珠雲(しんじゅぐも) (shinjugumo, “nacreous cloud”)
* 真珠光(しんじゅこう) (shinjukō)
* 真珠光沢(しんじゅこうたく) (shinjukōtaku)
* 真珠婚式(しんじゅこんしき) (shinjukonshiki, “pearl wedding”)
* 真珠細(しんじゅざい)工(く) (shinjuzaiku)
* 真珠質(しんじゅしつ) (shinjushitsu)
* 真珠腫(しんじゅしゅ) (shinjushu)
* 真珠層(しんじゅそう) (shinjusō, “nacre”)
* 真珠(しんじゅ)取(と)り (shinjutori)
* 真珠(しんじゅ)母(ぼ) (shinjubo)
* 真珠養(しんじゅよう)殖(しょく) (shinjuyōshoku)
* 真珠養(しんじゅよう)殖場(しょくじょう) (shinjuyōshokujō)
* 真珠湾(しんじゅわん) (Shinjuwan, “Pearl Harbor”)
* 真円真珠(しんえんしんじゅ) (shin'enshinju)
* 人工真珠(じんこうしんじゅ) (jinkōshinju)
* 人造真珠(じんぞうしんじゅ) (jinzōshinju)
* 淡水真珠(たんすいしんじゅ) (tansuishinju, “freshwater pearl”)
* 豚(ぶた)に真珠(しんじゅ) (buta ni shinju, “pearls before swine”)
* 養殖(ようしょく)真珠(しんじゅ) (yōshokushinju, “cultured pearl”)

### Proper noun

真(しん)珠(じゅ) • (Shinju)
* a female given name
真(しん)珠(じゅ) • (Shinju)
* a surname

#### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.